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The pride and passion of kapa haka - Tariana Turia
Friday, 15 July 2011, 8:59 am | The Maori Party
Local Te Tai Hauauru MP, Tariana Turia, was very proud to see the level of talent and absolute pride demonstrated by the taiohi performers involved in Te Whanganui a Tara secondary school kapa haka competitions, held today at Te Rauparaha Arena ... More >>
Speech : Removal of Tobacco Displays and Tobacco Harm
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 5:19 pm | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, in one of the submissions presented to the Select Committee there was a statement attributed to Moana Jackson that had come from the National Maori Tobacco Control Strategy 2003-2007. That statement read: “No greater taonga than the wellness ... More >>
‘School takes brave action against alcohol’
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 4:40 pm | The Maori Party
Local MP and Maori Party Co-leader, Tariana Turia, is impressed by the strong stand taken by Russell School in Porirua, in holding a community hui on the re-licensing of the Fantame liquor shop opposite their school. This liquor store is open from ... More >>
Speech: Smoke-free Environments Bill, Instruction
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 12:27 pm | The Maori Party
I move, that it be an instruction to the Committee of the whole House on the Smoke-free Environments (Controls and Enforcement) Amendment Bill that it have the authority to consider, and if it thinks fit adopt, the amendments in my name relating to the ... More >>
Speech : Smokefree Environments Amendment Bill - Rahui Katene
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 12:14 pm | The Maori Party
I rise to take a brief call on my Supplementary Order Paper in relation to my new clauses 5a, 6a and 9a to amend the Smokefree Environments (Controls and Enforcement) Amendment Bill. More >>
Rahui Katene Speech: Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 8:48 am | The Maori Party
And it is timely that it is being debated on the same day that another harmful drug of choice is being debated – that being tobacco. More >>
Raihania sickened by use of ancestor’s name
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 8:46 am | The Maori Party
“The late Sir Apirana Ngata is a prominent ancestor here on the coast and throughout Aotearoa and I’m sickened that Don Brash has resorted to using his name in his party’s racist campaign against our Maori people,” says the Maori Party candidate ... More >>
Why the ‘Deal’ with Mana was doomed from the start
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 4:55 pm | The Maori Party
Matt McCarten’s take on the rejection by the Maori Party of the Mana Party proposal to work with the Maori Party tells only half the story and his version of it. The Maori Party’s decision should not have come as a surprise to anyone least of all ... More >>
Speech: NZ at a crossroads - Rahui Katene
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 4:19 pm | The Maori Party
Five months ago, at the dawn service held in the Whare Runanga on the Treaty Grounds of Waitangi, Prime Minister John Key praised the courage and wisdom of those who signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, which gave New Zealand a founding document. More >>
Future of Maori Party come together
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 3:09 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is gearing up for a nation wide wananga this weekend of 70 young Maori from all four winds of Aotearoa. And it is not only the youths who are expected to be inspired. More >>
World Population Day an opportunity to invest in our future
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 9:45 pm | The Maori Party
Co-leader of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, has called for bold action in every home, in the House of Representatives, in the boardrooms and staffrooms right across the country, in a cause that should unite all New Zealanders together. More >>
Maori losing confidence in the police
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 3:30 pm | The Maori Party
Rahui Katene says Maori are losing confidence in the police because of the Police Complaints Authority decision not to recommend one single penalty for a police officer whose “stupid and dangerous actions” led to the death of a 16-year-old Maori ... More >>
Maori Party President - 'no deal'
Sunday, 10 July 2011, 9:39 pm | The Maori Party
Sunday 10 July 2011 Pem Bird, President, Maori Party Maori Party President, Pem Bird, has advised Mana Party spokesperson, WIllie Jackson, that the Maori Party will not be taking up Mana's proposal put to the party last Thursday. "At our national ... More >>
An Open Letter to Dr Don Brash
Sunday, 10 July 2011, 5:17 pm | The Maori Party
10 July 2011 An Open Letter to Dr Don Brash Dear Dr. Brash, How sad and disturbing to read your negative ACT party advertisement in the NZ Herald’s Weekender – July 9, as you once again bring the Maori peoples aspirations into contempt and ridicule. ... More >>
ACT's advertising campaign 'not in the interests of NZ
Saturday, 9 July 2011, 5:32 pm | The Maori Party
"The campaign is not in the interests of New Zealand moving forward and we will not be wasting our time in commenting further" More >>
Katene: Courts and Criminal Matters Bill
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 4:58 pm | The Maori Party
I wanted to stand, at this third reading of the Courts and Criminal Matters Bill, to acknowledge on behalf of the Maori Party our utmost respect to the sponsor of this Bill. More >>
Labour should examine its own record on child poverty
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 9:42 am | The Maori Party
Co-leader of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, has suggested Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta would be better off examining the record of Labour's inaction in addressing child poverty, than in talking against Whanau Ora. More >>
Raihania wants te reo put at the core on the coast
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 12:18 pm | The Maori Party
Na Raihania is taking a bold approach to try and save the Maori language in Ikaroa Rawhiti by calling for it to be made a core subject at all high schools in the electorate, starting with those in Tairawhiti. “Our country’s native language defines us ... More >>
Tariana Turia speech: Computers in Homes - Pomare School
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 10:00 am | The Maori Party
I want to thank Chris Worsley, your School Principal, and members of the Board of Trustees whom we have been told have been supportive of the programme. More >>
Katene: New Zealand Security Intelligence Amendment Bill
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 4:04 pm | The Maori Party
The legislation proposes the in order to support effective security operations, we need to update the warrant framework, to take into account the technological changes advanced in the storage and communication of information. More >>
